Here’s why I laugh at some of my fellow geezers

Edwin Lyngar EXAMINES THE PHENOMENON of paranoid old white people falling for the nonsense they hear on Fox News Channel:

[Warning: Some of the language here is vulgar.]

Old, white, wrinkled and angry, they are slipping from polite society in alarming numbers. We’re losing much of a generation. They often sport hats or other clothing, some marking their status as veterans, Tea Partyers or “patriots” of some kind or another. They have yellow flags, bumper stickers and an unquenchable rage. They used to be the brave men and women who took on America’s challenges, tackling the ’60s, the Cold War

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Edwin Lyngar EXAMINES THE PHENOMENON of paranoid old white people falling for the nonsense they hear on Fox News Channel:

[Warning: Some of the language here is vulgar.]

Old, white, wrinkled and angry, they are slipping from polite society in alarming numbers. We’re losing much of a generation. They often sport hats or other clothing, some marking their status as veterans, Tea Partyers or “patriots” of some kind or another. They have yellow flags, bumper stickers and an unquenchable rage. They used to be the brave men and women who took on America’s challenges, tackling the ’60s, the Cold War